Recommended apps for netbooks:CCCP pack/Media Player Classic - Home cinema - lightweight player that could even make an atom play HD content
CoreAVC - Combined with CCCP, you can get 720p playback smooth on a 1.6Ghz atom (mine has HT, dunno if it helps or hinders)Iron: - a more secure version of chrome, good firefox alternative.
Firefox. nuff said (although, memory concerns abound)
Opera also comes recommended by Bo$$
Antivirus reccomendations?

netbook club.... could any of you (UK Based) help me find or point me in the right direction for getting a new SDD for my sisters netbook, a small replacement would do nicely (8Gb) as she doesn't use it for much.... no prizes for guessing that though considering it's just a netbook

netbook club.... could any of you (UK Based) help me find or point me in the right direction for getting a new SDD for my sisters netbook, a small replacement would do nicely (8Gb) as she doesn't use it for much.... no prizes for guessing that though considering it's just a netbook

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those small SSD's are slow as crap, often slower than a mechanical drive. why would you want one over a mechanical drive?

Because I have very little experience working on/with netbooks and from what I can tell there is only the option to use some kind of SSD (doesn't look like the usual kind to me) not only that my sister would probably never even notice the difference, if it works and slowly does what she wants, she'll be ok with it.

Because I have very little experience working on/with netbooks and from what I can tell there is only the option to use some kind of SSD (doesn't look like the usual kind to me) not only that my sister would probably never even notice the difference, if it works and slowly does what she wants, she'll be ok with it.

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yeah but for the price of an 8GB SSD, you could get a 320GB mechanical drive thats heaps faster, and probably longer life (and can fit a better OS, too)

ya gotta keep in mind those small SSD's (<32GB) are several generations old, and they were the bargain basement SSD's of that era. slow, unreliable, and overall poopy come to mind.

RMClock
It allows you to lower the VCore on your CPU allowing it to run "extra" time on one battery charge (for instance this CPU is rated at 1.00v yet it can go as low as 0.675 with no problems);

TwoFingerScroll
It provides better scrolling compared to the "Synaptics Helper Service", so I just remove this Synaptics stuff from the startup and use this little app;

quietHDD
If you are the "proud" (sarcasm) owner of one Western Digital BEVT series HDD you might want to check this little app and use it or else the HDD heads parking every 3 seconds will not only drive you crasy but void your HDD waranty in ~2 months time (Load Cycle Count > 300000, that's right, check WD warranty policy).

The ram has been upgraded and the OS has been tweaked a bit for performance and battery life. I use this netbook everyday and it serves me well. I also got one for the wife! she has the white one which is an older version of mine, but upgraded with a SSD and more ram.

acer has many hardware for same netbook, download only that match to your stuff
if you dont sure check on device manager look at the properties part check on hardware id then googling it
after you get the hardware go back to acer and download the driver

the apps come in zip so check the zip, it has 2 things >> the driver and the apps, setup just install the driver, try by running the application too
then check on device and printer, could you add any new device by bluetooth? if yes it could be fine
hope it works

this little rig is great
I am unlikely to install anything as its for work.
but i am thankful for the AMD after suffering with atoms for so long...
I would like to get my hands on a new via based rig soon...
I was messing with a friends C7 based HP the other day and it seemed alright
I think vista was bogging it down to be honest.